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J. J. WALSER.

PRINTING AND FOLDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, I917- Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

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* UNITED STATES JOSEPH J. WALSER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GOSS PRINTING PRESS .COMPANY,A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. i

PRINTING AND FOLDING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern.

e it known that I, JosnPH J. lVALsnR, a

citizen of the United States, residing in 'Chioago', in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and r V useful Improvements in Printing and Foldsuch machines wherein printed products of various kinds, and of various sizes, may be printed and folded in different ways and in different sizes of signatures, that is,si gnatures of dlfferent dlmenslons and ofv different numbers of pages, and in all or most cases folding the signatures so as to provide three open or free edges on all the signatures. 1

forth hereinafter in part, or will be obvl- V pended claims. 1 I

Other objects of the invention will be set ous herefrombr may be learned by practice with the invention, the same'being attained through the means, instrumentalities andcombinations pointed out in the ap The invention consists in the .novel parts,

"constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements" herein shown and de-. scribed.

The accompanying drawings hereln referred 'to and constituting a part'hereof,

illustrate oneembodiment of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles thereo Of the drawings: Figures 1 1 and 1, taken together and in the order given are a front elevation of 'a machine constructed inaccordance with the principles of the invention; Fig. 2 is a view substantially on the line A-B of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows,'and being a transverse elevation of a portion of the-folding mechanism Fig. 3 is an end view looking at Fig. 1, from the right; I V

Figfll is an enlarged view of the central portion, of Fig. 2; I V V Fig. 5 is an endiview of one ofthe impression cylinders -of;the half-tone press;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a form cylinder. Figs. 7 to 18 arediagrammatic developments of the form'cylinders,;showing with four, five and eight plates, respectively,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented luau, 29, 1921, Application filed July 11,

1917. Serial m5. 179,330.

around the cylinder, and their respective products with different width webs and as coming from the different collecting and folding cylinders. Of these: Figs. 7 to 13 show developments of the form cylinders with eight plates around the form cylinders;

Figs. 14, 15 and 16 show the same but with four and Figs. 17 and 18 show the same but with five plates around the form cylinders.

It will be understood that the drawings plates around the form cylinders;

are more or less diagrammatic in character,

details of construction being omitted from the various views for the sake of clearness.

Referring by way ofexample to the illustrated embodiment, there are provided printing means and mechanisms of different kinds adapted to print in different ways, and to print pages of different sizes, and to fold such pages, making the fold in different relation or position with respectt'o the pages, and also therewith to produce signa-.

tures having different numbers of sheets therein.

More particularly, there are provided intaglio or rotogravure printing couples adapted to print on both sides of the web, and in conjunction or cooperation therewith printing mechanisms for printing in one or .more' colors upon the same web, and more particularly, as embodied, relief or half tone printing mechanisms for printing in two colors upon both sides of the web; the plate ders, and five plates around when the page 1 length is disposed circumferentially about the cylinders. t will be understood however, that the invention is not limited in the number or dimensions of the plates. upon the form cylinder.

Further, in particular, in connection with the printing mechanism, a folding mechanism is provided which will fold the perforated sheets cut from the web, whether printed with the larger size or smaller size pages, or'with different numbers of plates arranged about the form cylinder, including numbers of plates which are not multiplesof each other, and will fold the signatures either at the sides of the pages,

turn out the signatures with the other three edges thereof free or open, and with signatures varying widely in the number of pagesas Well as in page size.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1 of the. drawings, a source of' paper supply such as a web roll 1 is provided the web 00 therefrom running over rollers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, between the first printing couple.

In accordance with one feature of the invention, this printing couple operates on the rotary intaglio or rotogravure principle. The intagliated or engraved cylinder 7 has its shaft 8 supported in demountable bearings 9, of suitable and approved design, said bearings being mounted upon the machine frame; The cylinder 7 rotates in a suitable ink or color fountain 10, the doctor blade or wiper 11 removing the surplus ink from the surface of the cylinder at a point. between the color fountain and the impression or printing line. A suitable regulating or adjusting'meehanism 12 isprovided for the doctor blade 11.

' An impression cylinder 13 cooperates with the cylinder 7 to print upon the web 00. The cylinder 13 is provided with means for sup porting or suspending it and for moving it away during the removal or renewal of the cylinder 7,.and for'regulating the impression. In the embodied form of such means the shaft 14 ofthe cylinder is carriedein journal blocks 15, which blocks are slidably mounted in the press frame 16. The journal blocks 15 are connected to threaded rods 17, which rods engage threaded holes in the frame 16. Splined to the respective rods17 are worm wheels or gear wheels 18, which mesh with a thread or worm upon a shaft 19, said shaft being mounted in the press frame, and provided with a hand wheel'20. By turning the .hand wheel 20, the cylinder 13 may be moved, positioned and regulated as required with respect to the cylinder 7.

The web w after being printed upon by the cylinders 7 and 13 passes around a suitable drying cylinder 21. Theweb a? then passes about the rollers 22, 23, and 24 and is led between the second intaglio printing couple which may be generally similar to that just described.

' In the second printing couple, an .intagliated or engraved cylinder 30 has its shaft 31 supported in the demountable bearings 32, of suitable design, carried upon the machine'frame, as shown in Fig. 1 A doctor or wiping blade 33 cooperates with the cylinder 30 to remove the surplus color fromthe surface thereof'in a well-known manner, the

the shaft 40, which shaft is mounted on the machine frame and is provided with a hand wheel 41. .By turning the hand wheel 41 cylinder 3.5is moved upwardly and downwardly as desired to permit readyremoval and insertion of the cylinder 30, and to regu late the impression. The web m runs from the cylinders 30; and 35.0ver rollers 42 and 43, about a suitable drying cylinder 44, and thence about rollers 45, 46, and 47 on to the succeeding mechanisms, as will be later described.

Suitable means for driving the mechanism 7 just described are provided, and such means are partiall indicated in the drawings. Two sets 0 bevel gears 48 receive their drive from cooperating bevel gears 49, upon a driven shaft (not shown). Gears 50, 51 and 52 are driven therefrom. Gears 53 on the shafts 8 and 31, respectively, of-cylinders 7 and 30 drive their respective cylinders. A suitable vibrating or reciprocating mechanism for the doctor or wiper blades 11 and 33, respectively, are provided, and are indicated generally by reference numeral 54. The web passes around rollers 65 and 66 to the printing mechanisms shown in Fig.

l the web passing thence about an impres sion cylinder 67. Cooperating with the impression cylinder 67 is a form or plate cylinder 68, provided with suitable inking mechanism, which is partially shown and is indicated by reference numeral 69. Cooperating also with the impression cylinder 67 is a form or plate cylinder 70, the form cylinder having a suitable inking mechanism which is partially shown, and indicated by 71. The webmay thus be printed in twocolors upon one side by the mechanism just described. e

The web 00 passes thence toan impression cylinder 72, with which cooperates a plate or form cylinder 7 3,'the form cylinder having a suitable inking mechanism partially shown, and indicated by reference numeral 74. A second plate or form cylinder 75 likewise cooperates with impression cylinder 72.

Cylinder 75 is provided with a suitable inking mechanism, which is partially shown, and indicated by reference numeral 76. The web 00 is thus printed upon the other or opposite side in two colors by the cylinders 72, 73 and 75 just describedv V about a roller 79. The rewinding roll 80 of the ofi'set web rests u'pon' rollers 81 and 82, the roller 82, or if desired'bothof said rollers, being driven to rewind the web at a unlform surface or linear speed. a

Suitable slitting" means are provided, and

'inthe enibodied form one ormore rotary slitters 83 slits thewebpreparatory to its being directed to the folding mechanism.

Referring to the web associating, sheet cutting and folding mechanism, and more particularly to the devices sh'own'in Fig. 2 and in the left handpart.ofFig.'1, turning bars 93 and 94 are provided for-directing the parts ofthe slit webyto the cutting and folding devices, in thiscase the web being bodied form of such devices, there are provided rotary cutters 95 and 96,]provided with two cooperating pairs of cutting blades, one pair being designatedjby 97,198 and the other pair by 99 andlOO. i

The sheets cut by the mechanism just de-. scribed are delivered to twofcooperating or alternately operating cylinders. The .03 1- inder 101 is a collecting andpfolding cylinder, and is providedwith grippers 102 for taking the lead of the sheets delivered thereto from the rotary cutters 95 and 96. As embodied, there are three sets of the grippers 102, adapted to cooperate with plates upon the form cylinder-ingroups or multiplesof four, to collect the successive sheets for afsignature in a well-known manner.

Cylinder 101 is also provided with a plurality offolding blades 103. Cooperating with cylinder 101 is a cylinder 104, which cylinder is provided with a plurality of folding jaws 109, which cooperate with the respective. folding blades 103' to impart an intermediate transverse foldto the sheet or r group of sheets. During the folding the sheets are delivered or transferred from the cylinderfl0l to the folding jaws on cylinder 104. The folded sheets are delivered from r the folding jaws 109 and are ruu off between aseries of rollers 106 and delivered either selectively or alternately to the packer boxes 107 and 108. A slitter110 may be employed to sever the two signatures one from the other. Suitable guiding devicesfor the signatures, such as strippers, tapes, etc., will be. provided, :but' are omitted fromthe drawings for the. sake of oldandwelhknown. I

Cooperating with the collecting cylinder clearn'ess, as they are 101 is a transfer cylinder adapted to: take either the lead of'the webs justas they are out, or to take groups of sheets from the collecting cylinder, and to participate in the folding thereof, the'folded sheets being delivered at the other side of the machine from those just described. As embodied, cylinder 120 is provided with a series of grippers 121 for taking the lead of the sheet, or group of sheets, and is provided likewise with a folding blade 122. Cooperating with cylinder 120 is a cylinder 123, which cylinder is provided with a plurality of folding jaws 124, which folding jaws cooperate with the folding blade 122 on cylinder 120, to impart an intermediate transverse fold to the sheets, the group of sheets in the making of the fold being delivered from thec'ylinder 120 into the jaws 124 of; cylinder 123.

. A slitter 111 may be employed tosever'the signatures subsequent to such folding. The folded sheets are then delivered and transmitted by a series of rollers 125, and are delivered selectively or alternately to the packer boxes 126 and 127 slit once centrally of its width. In theem- Referring more particularly to the devices for folding the narrow sheets at the top, there is shown at the left in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, devices cooperating with certain of the mechanisms already described.

Said devices comprise rotary cutters 137 and 138, whichare provided with two pairs of coo ratin cutters one air bein in- 'dicated by numerals 139 and 140 and the other pair by numbers 141 and 142. The

way comprises tapes 147 and 148 running over series of rollers 149, 150, 151 and 152.

The group. of collected sheets are thereby 7 brought to position to'be folded by a suit [able foldingmechanism, which as embodied,

comprises a folding blade153 cooperating with rollersi154 and 155, the folded signaturesbeing delivered either selectively or alternately-into' packer boxes "156 and 157.

' Referring now to the mechanisni' for cutting and foldingat theback sheets whereon the pages are arranged longitudinally of the sheets, being printed by the plates arranged with their length circumferentially about the form cylinders, at the right hand in Fig; 1, and in Fig. 3, are shown turnmg bars. 167 and 168 for assoclatlng the two parts of the web and directing them to sheet *cuttingand folding mechanisms. The as sociated parts of the web pass between rollers 169 and 170 to rotary cutters 171 and 172, which are provided with pairs of cooperating cutters, one pair being designated by. "1.73 and 174, and the other'by 17 5 and 176.

The out sheetsare fed optionally through rollers 177 and 178 to a collecting cylinder 179, which is provided with suitable grippers 180 for taking and collecting the sheets.

From the cylinder 17 9 the collected sheets are delivered to-a transferring cylinder 181, and therefrom by suitable conveylng means,

such as. a series of rollers 182, to suitable folding mechanism. The embodied form of folding mechanism comprises a blade 183,

cooperating with folding rollers 184 and 185, and therefrom the sheets are delivered to av packer box or other receptacle 186.

In position to take the sheetsdelivered from the. rotary cutters 171 and 172 is a transfer cylinder 196 provided with grip- I pers 166. The transfer cylinder 196 takes sheets from the rotary cutters and conveys them along a suitable pathway, comprising rollers 19-7 ,and 198, anddirects the sheets to pages, and will foldv the signatures, with three edges open, and with the fold either at the back, or if desired at the top or bottom (the latter'fold being desirable for certain kinds of work such as heavy catalogue work, where a great'nuinber of signatures are bound together by a glued fiat back). In Fig. 2 of the drawings is shown the folding mechanism which isused when the plates are put on with their length disposed longitudinally of the; form cylinder, and in the present exemplification there are eight plates about the cylinder. In this case the pages are arranged across the web and the sheets. that the dimensions. or the number of plates are in nowise restrictive of the invention.

Describing first the mechanism. which produces the signatures withfthe fold at the back and with the pages across-the web. or Sheets, the perfected web from the pressv is slit by the slitters 83, and the two slit, pore tions (1 and b are directed,respectively, over the turning bars 93 and'94, and. are associated' or superimposed at. the rollers 205. From thence the web is. run between the rotary cutters% and 96. i The leading edge of the'successive sheets is taken by the :various sets of grippers 102 upon the collecting cylinders 101, and the sheets are there collected, by the usual'gripper action, to the desired number. The collecting cylinder is shown as a three way, cylinder (that is,

It will be understood, of course,

having three setsof-grippers) andis adapted to collect either two or four sheets together at each set of grippers preparatory to folding. The sheets may be forwarded without collecting, when desired.

The single sheetsor thegroups of collected sheets are delivered alternatively at either side of the folding mechanism, and the. sheet or groups of sheets when delivered to the left (inFig. 2.) from cylinder 101 are transversely folded'by one of the folding blades 103, and the corresponding or cooperating folding jaws 109 on cylinder 104. When the folding iseifected the group of sheets is released by the grippers 102 and is de livered tocylinder 104 in the bite of the folding jaws 109., The. folded signatures are cut apart by slitters 110, and are delivered to. rollers 106 and therefrom, selectively or alternately, topacker boxes 107 and 108. When the mechanism-is sooperating grippers 105 are silenced. V

The mechanism just described is employed inthe present embodiment with. eight plates around and four plates, along the cylinder.

-Various products may be secured by, running a full width web, or a three quarter width web, and slittingand, associating the parts previous to cutting, or by runninga half width web, and collecting four on or less. The collecting grippersmay also be timed to collect to the fullcap-acity of the form cylinders, or to deliver more than one for each; revolution of the form cylinders. There can be secured by the various arrangements, two thirty-two. page signatures folded at the back and 'open on all the three deliver a group of sheets .to the transfer cylinder. The folding blade 122 tucks the middle. of the sheet into the folding jaws 124, upon cylinder 123,; thereby giving the central transverse fold to the-sheet or group of: sheets and also simultaneously delivering the sheet or groups of'sheets to cylinder 123 in the bite of one of'the folding jaws 124. The folded signatures are out apart by slitter 111 and are delivered from cylinder 123 to rollers 125 and are thereby delivered, either selectively or alternatively, to the packer boxes 126 and 127. In this case, with eight plates around and four plates along the cylinder, there maybe produced by running either a full width, three quarter either. singly-or 'collected,=.at" either the top or the bottom .of'the pages instead of atthe.

back edge, said. means being adapted also to operate upon sheets of different sizes.

- WVhen the sheets of the same size as those folded to the cylinder 104,:the sheets being taken from the grippers 1.02 by the grippers 105. The folding blade 103 and folding jaws 109 are silenced when the machine is so used. The sheet or sheets are transferred from the cylinder 104 to the cylinder 145, the grippers 105 delivering the sheetor group of sheets to the grippers 146. The

sheets are then run to the. transverse folder 153, which folds them across the top of the pages, the signatures being dellvered therefrom, either selectively or alternately, to the packer boxes 156 and 157. This mechanism with thearrangement of-plates already assumed, will produce either one thirty-two page signature, or two sixteen, or two eight pagesignatures, each folded at the end, that is either at the top-or bottom.

In this case thepages are thewidth of. J-two plates with eightplates around the cyl- V inder, and a slitter 112 '(Fig; 2) could be employed to separate the two signatures as they pass through the foldlng rollers 154 and 155. Double width plates could also be used'upon the form cylinders, or two narrow plates could beused to print upon a wide page having a corresponding rotogravure impresslon thereon.

VVh-en it isdesired to fold the narrower size sheets at the topor bottom of the page,

the web or webs and the sheet or sheets are directed for a portion oftheir course through another part ofthe mechanism. In such case, the web a or the'webs a and I) are run through-and if'desired associated at,

the rollers 206,.and are. directed therefromto the rotarycutters137 and 138. The cut sheets are then taken,and if desired collectedyon the collectingcyllnder 143. From this cylinder the group .of sheets is transferred tof'the cylinder 145, the grippers 1:44

transferring the sheets-"to the grippers 146.

The.-sheetsare thendirected to the folder 153,.th'ese narrowersheets likewise receiving liveredifron the folder, either selectively or alternatively, to. theipacker boxes 156 and form cylinder with the length of the plates extending circumferentially thereabout, the web is directed to the folding mechanism shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The slit parts 0 and d of the web are associated or superimposed by the rollers 169 and 170, and are cut into sheets bythe rotary cutters 171 and 172, and the sheets are taken by the the collecting cylinder 179.

The form cylinder may be regarded as having five plates thereabout, and the collecting cylinder 179 having four sets of grippers 180 and thus it will collect the sheets in four groups of five sheets each from a single web, or of ten sheets from a half-width superposedweb. The groups of collected sheets are delivered successively to transfer cylinder 181, and from thence are forwarded to the folder 183, which folds the sheets and delivers them to the packer box or receptacle 186. This provides for a forty page signature folded at the back, and with three edges thereof open.

If desired, cylinder 196 will take two sheets, and deliverthem to the folder 199, to be folded at the back thereby, and delivered tothe receptacle 202. In such case the remaining eight sheets will go from collecting cylinder 179 to transfer cylinder 181 and from thence through feed rollers 182 to the folding mechanism 183, and be delivered thence to the receptacle 186. 'In such case there will be an eight page signature delivered to the receptacle 202,. and a thirty-two page signature delivered to receptacle 186. WVith the last-described arrangement, the grippers 180 are arranged to transfer the firsttwo sheets to'the grippers 166 upon 'cylinder 196, and to deliver the last eight sheetsto the grippers 207 on cylinder 181. v

.The cutters 99 and 100 could be taken out, or an additional set of grippers could be used oncylinder; 120. The cutters are usually held in place by clamping or binding screws and are readily-taken out and reinserted. When the plates are set on the form cylinder, if they are set one way the fold will come between the tops of the pages, but if the platesare' set the other way about on the form'cylinder; the fold will come he y Y i is. folded-centrally,-but there are at least the fold at the'top of the. sheets and-are defour pages on a sheet. The mechanism for operating the grippers 180 are the usual timing cams used for that purpose.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings is shown an impression cylinder adapted for use with printing plates of different sizes and with comprises pins 211set in the'face of detach-- able and interchangeable blocks or; bars 212 constituting part of the surface of the 1mpression cylinder. Clamps 213 are mountedupon shafts 214, and press the cover sheets down over the pins 211'-in-a :wellxknown manner. V

' The blocks or bars 212-are seated in lon gitudinally disposed recesses 215 formed in the impression cylinder, the bars 212 being held inposition by suitable means such as countersunk screws 216." The'bars 212 are of such width that a gap is left between the .bar and the opposite side 'ofthe recess in the impression cylinder, as is shown at a, b and d in Fig. 5; 'Through'this gap the covering sheets for the segments of the impression cylinder pass from the fastening means to the reeling and stretching means in the next recess in the impression cylinder.

Interchangeable with the blocks or bars 212 are similar blocksor bars 217, the blocks or bars 217 however, being of sufficient width to entirely close the longitudinally disposed recesses in the impression cylinder. By interchanglng the bars 212 and 217 the size and arrangement of the continuous surface sectors or sections of the impresslon cylinder may be changed, tjo-correspond with changes in the size and position of the plates on the form cylinder. Thus, in the arrangement of the blocks or bars 212 or 217, the packing or blankets of the impression cylinder which-extend from a to I), from b to c, from c to Z and from (Z to at, making four equal sections in the-surface of the impression cylinder, each such section adapted to cooperate with one or two printing plates upon the form cylinder, and actually cooperating with two plates when there are eight plates around the form cylinder. By interchanging the block 217 at f with the block 212 at a, and interchanging block 217 at e withblo'ck 212 at (Z, we would then have three sectors or sections in the surface of the impression cylinder, one extending from section 6 to section 7", another such sector or section extending from 7 too, and the other from .c'to 0, thus two of the sections would be twice as large as the remaining one. The two larger sections would be adapted to cooperate with two plates upon the form cylinder and the smaller section with one such plate, thatis, there would be five plates around the form cylinder.

.In Fig.6 of the drawings is shown a form cylinder adapted to' take platesof different sizes. .The surface of the form cylinder is provided with helicoidal undercut grooves form cylinders of the relief plate or hall? tone press shown'in Fig. 1", using eight plates about or -around the cylinders. These diagrams are applicable to either of cylinders 68 and 70 and of cylinders 73 and 75, the two sets of cylinders, as already stated, providing for printing in two colors, or for overlapping half-tone or other illustration and letter press matter.

In Figs. 7 to 18,-the developed or diagrammed formcylinders are shown four plates wide, but with eight, five or four plates about or around the cylinders, in the different figures. The direction of rotation is indicated by' the arrows alongside the various diagrams.

The numbers on the developments of the plate cylinders indicate the respective plates and pages of the signature, the numbers on the diagram standing in the'same direction as the pages or plates on the form cylinder. In Fig. 7 the plates are arranged eight around the plate cylinders 68 or 70, and 73 or 75, or G8 and 73 and 70 and 75 and occupy the entire circumference thereoflthe plates being in two duplicate sets along the cylinders. The perfected web is slit by slitter 83, turned over bars 93'and 94c and associated at rollers 205. The sheets are cut by cutters on cylinders 95 and 96 as indicated in F ig. 7. The cut sheets are collected on cylinder 10%, four sheets superposed, and then receive a jaw fold and are thereby delivered to cylinder 10 the fold being at theside of the pages. and are delivered into the packer box 107. The folded signature may be centrally slit or cut by the rotary slitter 110'while on cylinder 104. This produces two 32 page products or signatures, 8% inches by 11% Thus the inches; for one standard size of press. These 7 are delivered two products to eachsignature without'slitter 110 or one product to each of double the number of signatures, if slitter 1 1101s used. The reference to dimensions ofsigna-tures is in no'wise restrictiveofthe invention; but is made to furnish a basis of comparison between the diflferent numbers and dimensions of plates employed in the illustrated embodiment. V p As to the succeeding figures of the drawlngs, much that has been said as to Fig. 7

In Fig. '8, the plates are arranged eight platesaround the form cylindersin two successive sets or series of four plates each, and

V with two duplicate sets of plates along the form cylinders. Inthis case the :web is slit,

by slitter 83, is then associatedby'rollers 205, cut by 95, 96 and the sheets are collect ed in sets or groups of two successive sheets each on cylinderlOl, are then transversely folded andldelive red into the jaws 109 on cylinder 104.: These" so collected and folded sets are delivered alternately, into the boxes 107 and 108. This gives four sixteen page products 8% inches b5 115 inches, which'may be deliveredtwo products, (2'. e.1 two;duplicate sets of sheets or pages) to; each sigma-- ture,there being thus two signatures, or by using slitter, 110, four signatures are secured,

each consisting of one product. In Fig. 9, the plates are arranged eight plates around the form cylindersin two successive sets or series of four plates each, and

with two duplicate sets of plates along the form cylinders; The web is slit by slitter- 83, associated by rollers 205 and cut into sheets .at 95, 96. 'The sheets are collected in] groups oftwo sheetson cylinder 101, and: the groups of sheets so collected are folded alternately intothe jaws109 on cylinder 104 and, by means of cylinder 120, into the jaws 124-on'cylinder 123-, and the products are delivered alternately into the boxes 107, 108.

126 and 127. This gives eight eight page products, 8% inches by 11% inches, two products to each signature, or, if the; slitters 110 and 111 are used, it will give one product to the signature;

In Fig. 10, a half, width W a e eight. plates around the form cylinders, in

two successive sets-orseries of four plates each, and with two duplicate sets of plates along theiforrn cylinders. The web is cut into sheets'by 95, 96 andare gripped alter nately by cylinders 101 and 120; These sheets, respectively, are folded into the jaws- 109 on, cylinder 104 or,.passingfrorncylinder -120, into jaws 124 oncylinder. 123, and are delivered alternately into boxes 107,

1108,. 126fland 127. This gives eight four page products 8;- inches by 113 inches, delivered two products toeach signature, or by using theslitters 110 and 111, delivering, thesignatures separately, that is cut apart.

-In,Figs."11-, 12 and l3,'the plates are ar-,- ranged around the form cylinders and in conjunction therewith the sheets or si 60 tu res are folded at the top or bottom of the pages. Thus the backs of the collected signatures consist of the cut edges of the instead of the folded edges. vantageous for certain methods of binding and with certain kinds of binding machines.

sheets,

This is adsuccessive sets or series of four plates each,-

but there is only one set or series of plates alongthe form cylinders. The web is slit by slitter 83 .and turned on bars 93 and 94 and the parts are associated by rollers 20.6. The sheets are cut on each page .length by137 and 138, and the sheets are collected four sheets on or superposed on cylinder 143. The collected products are transferred to. cylinder :145 and receive. a knife or guillotinefold by knife 153 into rollers 154, 155, the fold being, asstated, at the end of the pages and -not at. the side thereof. The products -are. then delivered' This gives two]. thirty-two page products, by 11% inches, folded in the manneralready described.

In Fig. 12, theplatesare arranged ei ht plates :around the form cylinders in four successive sets or series of two. plates each, and with only one set or roup of plates along the form cylinders. %he web. is slit at 83, turned at 93, 94 and the parts asso ciated at rollers 206. The web is cut into sheets at every page'length by 137 and 138, andxthesheets are collected two sheets uponcylinder 143. Thesegroups of two sheets.:each are transferred to cylinder 145 .7

cessive setsor series of .two plates each,'.

with only two plates along the cylinder in the set. The web iscut at each page length by cutters -137,--138 and the sheets are collected-two on'or piled on cylinder 143. The collected sheets-are transferred to cylinder 145 and receive a Vfold'at the end of the pages, as described in connection with Fig. 11, by folder 153, 154, 155 and the successive products are delivered alternately into the two boxes beneath the folder. This gives four eight page products inches by 11% inches. f

The preceding from Fig. 7 to Fig. 13

relates to eight plates around the form cyl-,

inders, the collecting and folding being varied'as described to secure the different desired products.

1 Fig. 14 the plates are arranged four plates about the form cylinders in one set or series, and with four plates in one set or series along'the form cylinders. The

web isslit by slitter 83, turned on bars 93 and 94, and associated at rolls 205. The sheets are cut on each page length by cutters 95 and 96 and are collected, four sheets on or superposed, on cylinder 101. The groups of collected sheets are transferred unfoldedto cylinder l0l,=and from thence to cylinder 145.

by the folder 153, 1, 155. The products consisting of single signatures,'that is, one product to the signature, containing 32 pages, ll-g'inches by 17 1 inches, is delivered into one of the boxes beneath folder 153, 154, 155.

. In Fig. 15 the plates are arranged four plates around the form cylinders in two series of two plates each, and with a single set or'series of four plates along the-form cylinders. The web is slitat 83,:passes over bars 93 and 94:, and is associated at rollers-205.

' The sheets are cut at each page'length by cutters 95, 96 and are collected two on .or superposed on cylinder 104:. The groups of two sheets eacharetransferredunfolded to cylinder 104, from thence to cylinder 145',-

I are 'collected two on or superposed on cylinder 101.

sidesof the pages at folder 153, 15 1, 155 and are delivered 'into two boxes beneath the folder. This produces two eight page signatures or products 11% inches by 17;;

inches. r V g In Fig. 17 there are five plates'arranged in a single series around the form cylinders and four plates ina single series along'the form cylinders. The web is slit by slitter 83, turned on bars 167 168,and the parts are associated at rollers 169, 170. The

sheets are cut at every page length by cutters 171, 172, and are collected five sheets superposed on cylinder 179. The groups of five sheets are transferred to cylinder 181, and are forwarded to and folded along the sides ofthe pagesby folder blade 183 and its cooperating'rollers 184, 185 and delivered intobox 186. This produces one 40 page signature, 9% inches by 13, inches.

In Fig. 18 there is one series of-four plates extending four-fifths of the way around the 'form cylinders and with four plates extending along the form cylinders. There is an additional series of a single row of four plates extending along the form cylinders. The web is'slit by slitter 83, turned over bars 167, 168 andthe: parts associated at The group or-bundle of sheets is folded along the edge of the pages The groups of two sheets are. transferred unfolded to cylinder 104; and thence to cylinder 145, and are folded at the rollers 169, 170. The sheets-are cut at every page length by cutters 171, 172. The first thence forwarded to and are folded by knife 7 folder 199, 200,201, and are delivered into box 202. This produces one signatureof 32 pages and one signature of-eight pages, both 9%- inches by 13 inches in size.

The dimensions of plates and the 'numbers of plates, while taken from' an actual commercial machine, are merely exemplary and illustrative and are in no wise restrictive of the 1 invention. 1

.In connection with the different sizes of signatures and arrangements of plates, it

will be recalled that practically unlimitedinithe one machine the capacity to print at high speed from aweb roll books'and cat,- alogues of a very wide variety of sizes both as to page size, number of pages, and variety of folds, for binding, in different ways,

with any desired arrangement of half-tone or line illustration with letter press, and an almost infinitely various capacity for independent design, with a tinted or toned background, having a desired or selected unit relation to pages, desired groups of pages, folds or signatures as'may be deemed best for catalogues and other work where artistic and unusual arrangements are not only desirablebut often of greatpecuniary value in attracting attention, togoods and thus'increasing sales, andjfor other purposes as well.

It will be understood that changes may be made 7 from the precise construction and arrangements of mechanism shown and described, without departing'from the principles of the invention and without sacrificing its chief'ad'vantages. i

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A printing press-including in combination a frame, a source of web supply, two rotary intaglio printing couples arranged in tandem at a substantially common level mounted upon and near the base of the frame and adapted to perfect the web from the source of web; supply, two rotary relief printing couples intan'dem with eachother and with said intaglio printing couples, and mounted upon the frame at substantially the same common level as the intaglio printing couples and receiving the printed web therefrom to perfect same.

mounted upon and near the base of the frame and adapted to perfect the web from the source of web supply, a drying cylinder located above and receiving the printedweb from one'of the intaglio printing couples,

'two rotary relief printing couples in tandem with each other and with said intaglio printing couples, and mounted upon the frame at substantially the same common level as the intaglio. printing couples and receiving the printed web from said drying cylinder to perfect same. i

3. -A printing press including in combination a frame, a source of web supply, two rotary intaglio printing couples arranged in tandem at a substantially common level mounted upon andnear the base of the frame and adapted to perfect the web from the source of web supply, ad'rying cylinder located above and receiving the printed web from one of the intaglio printing couples and a second drying cylinder located above the other intaglio printing couple and receiving the printed web therefrom, two rotary relief printing couples in tandem with each other and with'said intaglio printcylinder to perfect same.

' in tandem at a substantially common" level 'ing couples, and mounted upon the frame at substantially the same common level as'the intaglio printing couples and receiving the printed web from the last-mentioned drying 4. A printing press including in combination a frame, a source of .web supply, two rotary intaglio printing couples arranged mounted upon andnear the base of the frame and adapted to perfect the web fromthe source of web supply, two rotary relief printing couples in tandem with each other and with said intaglio printing couples,

,mounted upon the frame at substantially the same common level as the intaglio printing couples and receiving the printed web therefrom to perfect same, and inking mechanisms for said relief printing couples mounted upon. the frame alongside their form cylinders "at substantially the common level of said printing couples.

5. A printing press including in combination a frame, a source of web supply, two intaglio ink fountains mounted at substan-' tially a common level in tandem upon and near the base of the frame, two intaglio form cylinders in the respective fountains, an impression cylinder mounted above each of the intaglio form cylinders and coiiperating therewith'to perfect the web from the web supply, and relief printing mechanisms com prising two sets of printing cylinders mounted in tandem upon and near the machine frame at substantially the same common level with, and perfecting the web'received from, the intaglio printing couples.

6., A printing press including in combination' a frame, a source of web supply, two

intaglio ink'fountains mounted at substantially a common level in tandem upon and near the base of the frame, two intaglio form cylinders in the respective fountains, an impression cylinder mounted above each of the intaglio form cylinders and cooperating therewith to perfect the web from the web supply, and relief printing mechanismscomprising two sets of printing cylinders mounted in tandem upon and near the machine frame at substantially the same common level with, and perfecting the web received from, the intaglio printing couples, and two inking mechanisms for each of the relief printing couples, mounted alongside their form cylinders at substantially the common level of the printing couples.

7. A printing press including in combination a frame, a source of web supply, two intaglio ink fountains mounted at substantially a common level in tandem upon and near the base of the frame, two intaglio form cylinders in the respective fountains, an imintaglioform cylinders and cotiperating therewith to perfect the web from the web supply, a drying cylinder mounted above one of the lntaglio impression cylinders and dry ing the web received therefrom,'and relief printing mechanisms comprising two sets of printing cylinders mounted in tandem upon and near the machine frame at substantially thesame common level with, and perfecting the web received from, the intaglio printing couples.

, 8.,A printing press including in combination a frame, a source of web supply, two intaglio ink fountains mounted at pression cylinder mounted above each of the substantially a common level in tandem uponand near the base of the frame, two intaglio form cylinders in the respective fountains, an impression cylinder mounted aboveeach of the intaglio form cylinders and cotiperating therewith to perfect the .web from the web supply, adrying cylinder mounted upon and near the base of the frame and adapted to perfect the web from the source of web supply, two rotary relief printing couples, in tandem with each other and with said intaglio printing couples, and mounted upon the frame at substantially the same common level as the intaglio printing couples and receiving the printed web therefrom to perfect'same, and sheet cutting mechanism and folding mechanism mounted upon the frame at substantially the common level of the printing mecha-&

nisms.

10. A printing press including in combination a frame, a source'of websupply, two rotary intaglio printing couples arranged in tandem at a substantially common level mounted upon, and near the base of the frame and adapted to perfect the web from the source of web supply, two rotaryrelief I printing couples in tandem with each other and with said intaglio printing couples, and mounted upon the frame at substantiallythe same common'level as the intaglio printing couples and receiving the printed web therefrom to perfect same, and sheet cuts ting mechanism and a plurality ofnalter cylinder and'two form cylinders cooperating therewith, mounted upon theframe at substantially the common level of the intaglio: printing mechanisms.

12. vA printing press includingin combination a frame, a source of web supply,'two rotary intaglio printing couples arranged in tandem at a substantially common level mounted upon and near the base of the frame and adapted to perfect the web from the source of web supply, and two relief printing mechanisms, each comprising an impression cylinder and two form cylinders cooperating therewith, mounted upon the frame at substantially the common level of the intaglio printing mechanisms.

13.7 A printing press including in combination a frame, a source of web supply, two rotary intaglio printing couples arranged in tandem at a' substantially common level mounted upon and near the base of the frame and adapted to perfect the web from the sourceof web-supply, and a relief printing mechanism comprising an impression cylinder and two form cylinders co'ciperat ing therewith, mounted upon the frame at substantially the common level of the intaglio printing mechanisms, and inking mechanisms for each of said form cylinders mounted alongside thereof at substantially the common level of the printing mechanisms. 1 14. A printing press ncluding in combination a frame, a source of web supply, two rotary intaglio printing couples arranged in tandem at a substantiallycommon level mounted upon and near the base of the frame and adapted to perfect the web from the source of web supply, and two relief printing mechanisms, each comprising an impresslon cylinder and two form cylinders cooperating therewith, mounted upon the frame at substantially the common level of the intaglio printing mechanisms and inklng mechamsms for each of said form cyl- V inders mounted alongside thereof at substantially. the common level of the printing mechanisms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of C. V. KEEL Y. 

